Communication App Zoom Gets Pan-India Telecom Licence
With these licences, the company will be able to offer its cloud-based private branch exchange (PBX) service 'Zoom Phone' to multinational corporations (MNCs) and businesses operating in India.
May 03, 2023, 13:34 PM IST
Approval from authorities not required for laying telecom infra on private properties
The government also notified rules for using electric poles, foot over bridges etc for installation of small mobile radio antennas or laying overhead telecom cables along with charges to ease roll out of telecom networks specially 5G services.
Aug 25, 2022, 16:32 PM IST
Telecom providers can offer services to the border region: DoT
The Department's announcement will make it simpler for telecom providers to offer services in the regions where services are scarcely available now. As per the DoT's circular, "The revision is an integral element of the Unified License Agreement, and all other Terms & Conditions must remain intact."
Aug 24, 2022, 13:36 PM IST
How will 5G impact services, telecom business in India
The fifth generation cellular technology is around 20 times faster than its predecessor fourth generation (4G) technology. The theoretical peak speed of the 5G technology is 20 Gigabits per second (Gbps). The peak speed of 4G technology is 1 Gbps.
Aug 04, 2022, 15:09 PM IST
Airtel outage: #Airteldown trends on Twitter as users face issues with internet, mobile signals
Several Airtel customers took to Twitter to complain about the recent outage.
Jun 08, 2022, 20:09 PM IST
Vodafone to infuse Rs 3,375 crore in VIL
Aditya Birla Group firm Oriana Investments Pte will subscribe to 84.58 crore equity shares which are about 25 per cent of the preferential shares of VIL.
Mar 04, 2022, 22:23 PM IST
Vodafone Idea realigns consumer digital function to drive operational scale, pace of delivery
The digital function, under her leadership, delivered notable progress on various parameters and objectives.
Feb 26, 2022, 17:12 PM IST
Vodafone Idea's board to meet on Mar 3 to discuss fundraising
The company's trading window will remain close till 48 hours from the conclusion of the board meeting and open on March 6, the filing said.
Feb 25, 2022, 23:16 PM IST
Govt telecom revenues to be significantly higher than BE next fiscal: official
The telecom revenue collection is expected to be higher than the budget estimates of Rs 53,986.72 crore for the current financial year at Rs 71,959.24 crore.
Feb 20, 2022, 17:30 PM IST
Smartphone users alert! Your mobile bill could increase in 2022, here's why
Telecom companies could increase mobile tariffs in the coming months.
Feb 09, 2022, 17:53 PM IST
Data price hikes limited Facebook user growth in India: Meta
The profit of Meta declined by 8 per cent to USD 10.28 billion in the December 2021 quarter, from USD 11.21 billion in the same period a year ago.
Feb 03, 2022, 22:17 PM IST
Trai recommendation on 5G spectrum by March, service roll out this year: Telecom Min
The budget also announced infusion of Rs 44,720 crore into loss-making state-owned telecom firm BSNL in the next financial year.
Feb 01, 2022, 21:20 PM IST
Budget 2022: Telecom sector to benefit with the roll out of 5G services, say experts
The universal service obligation fund will be allocated 5% of annual collections to enable affordable broadband and mobile service proliferation in rural and isolated locations.
Feb 01, 2022, 18:45 PM IST
Budget 2022: Telcos seek refund of Rs 35,000 cr input tax credit, GST waiver on licence fee, SUC
At present, licence fees paid by the telecom operators is calculated as 8 per cent of revenue earned from telecom services, technically called adjusted gross revenue (AGR).
Jan 15, 2022, 20:08 PM IST
DNA: Talking on mobile phone became expensive
Telecom companies increased prices in India. Vodafone-Idea has increased the prices of prepaid plans by up to 25 percent. Reliance Jio's prepaid plans also became 21 percent expensive.
Nov 29, 2021, 22:50 PM IST
Life of Airtel has been very challenging, says Sunil Bharti Mittal
Sunil Bharti Mittal explained that the cycles in our sector have been such that one must manoeuvre in the environment, markets, and technologies.
Nov 01, 2021, 18:01 PM IST
Vodafone Idea loses 42.8 lakh mobile users in June; Airtel, Jio add subscribers
Vodafone Idea lost about 42.8 lakh subscribers during June, as its user base shrunk to 27.3 crore, compounding the woes of the debt-laden telco which is struggling to stay afloat.
Aug 23, 2021, 16:18 PM IST
Airtel, Vi could hike tariffs of telecom plans in August, time to loosen your purse strings?
Vi has already increased the tariffs of its cheapest monthly plan from Rs 49 to Rs 79 in Maharashtra and Gujarat circles.
Jul 30, 2021, 20:19 PM IST
Airtel’s bumper offer! Now get mobile, DTH and broadband services with single recharge
Airtel also noted that managing services from multiple local service providers is also a tedious task, and that’s the company is planning to solve all the issues with its Airtel Black plan.
Jul 02, 2021, 16:21 PM IST
Govt announces Rs 12,195-crore PLI Scheme for telecom & Networking equipment, important dates and how to apply
The scheme envisages to create global champions out of India who have the potential to grow in size and scale using cutting edge technology and thereby penetrate the global value chains. Telecom products play an important role in the larger vision of “Digital India”.
Jun 04, 2021, 12:17 PM IST
